Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 407
Youngest recorded age at locality: 233.38

mindat Locality ID: 144626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Aktubaik Au Deposit
Dakalasu Mine (Dahalasu Mine)
Jiangjunshan Intrusion
Kelang Basin
Qia'erdunbasixi Fe-Cu-Au Deposit
Qibeiling Pegmatite Field
Shangkelan Pegmatite Field
Ta'erlang Garnet Deposit
Xiaokalasu Mine (Xiaohalasu Mine)
Yuemakeqi Cu Deposit

Latitude: 47°54'29"N
Longitude: 87°44'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.908055555556,87.745833333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Phenakite Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	407	400	8	44493,44494,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44507	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	407	233.38	9	44489,44490,44493,44499,44505,44510,44511,44512,44514	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	44502	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	44510	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	44510	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	407	407	4	44497,44502,44504,44505	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	407	400	3	44493,44501,44505	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	234.2	233.38	4	44490,44511,44512,44514	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	407	407	2	44502,44505	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	407	407	2	44490,44505	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	44490	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	407	407	1	44505	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	407	400	8	44493,44497,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44510	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	44504	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	407	407	1	44505	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	407	407	12	44490,44494,44497,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44507,44510,44515	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			1	44490	321
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	44490	518
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	44510	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	44510	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	407	400	10	44493,44494,44497,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44510,44515	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	407	400	5	44490,44493,44497,44502,44505	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	407	407	11	44494,44497,44498,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44507,44509,44510	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	400	400	1	44493	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	44489,44502,44510	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	44510	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	44490	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	400	400	6	44490,44493,44494,44501,44502,44510	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	44490	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	44494,44497	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	400	400	2	44493,44497	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	400	400	1	44493	581
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	44506	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	407	400	10	44493,44494,44497,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44507,44510	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	407	407	5	44497,44501,44505,44510,44515	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	234.2	233.38	2	44491,44514	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	44490	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	400	233.38	12	44489,44490,44493,44497,44499,44501,44506,44510,44511,44512,44514,44515	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	44510	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	44515	1512
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	44490	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	44510	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	44510	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	407	400	12	44489,44490,44493,44497,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44510,44515	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	44506,44507	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	44497	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	407	407	6	44494,44497,44502,44504,44505,44506	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	407	233.38	15	44489,44490,44493,44497,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44507,44510,44511,44512,44514	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	44502,44511	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	44502	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	44504,44511	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	407	407	11	44494,44497,44498,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44507,44509,44510	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	234.2	233.38	1	44514	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	234.2	233.38	1	44514	978
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	44490	99
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	400	400	2	44493,44504	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	407	400	5	44493,44502,44504,44505,44506	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	44490	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
vms-00386	400	400	Early Devonian			S	185606	Abagong Fe-REE Deposit, Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Abagong	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00410	407	407	Lower Devonian (407, U-Pb)			S	144276	Tiemuerte Mine (Tiemierte Mine; Tiemurte Mine), Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Tiemurte	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
Alexandra-0138	234.2	233.38	233.79 ± 0.41	Ar-Ar	Age the beginning of formation		243054	Xiaokalasu Mine (Xiaohalasu Mine), Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Xiaokalasu deposit	Li et al. (2015)	10.1111/1755-6724.12453	AGS89_656

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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